Stop chewing like that!
Misophonia: Why does the sound of eating make some of us furious?
The Food Chain · BBC World Service
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Show Notes
Imagine not being able to sit and eat at the dinner table with your family without feeling furious.
The little-known condition of Misophonia, often called “sound rage”, is a lower tolerance to certain sounds. Although sufferers can react to several types of repetitive noises, many are particularly triggered by eating sounds.
Misophonia has not been classified as a clinical disorder, and there have only been a few studies into it, which means many doctors have never heard of the condition.
In this programme, Ruth Alexander meets three people with Misophonia who are trying to raise awareness: Dr Jane Gregory, a doctoral research fellow at Oxford University; Adeel Ahmad, the host of a misophonia-themed podcast in the US, and Olana Tansley-Hancock, a clinical researcher based in the UK.
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(Image: Young man and woman next to each other, woman biting into apple. Credit: Getty Images/BBC)
Produced by Julia Paul